Shirtless GOP US Senate candidate takes cold plunge in Wisconsin lake, challenges Democratic opponent
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Eric Hovde, Republican U.S. Senate candidate from Wisconsin, took a cold plunge into frigid Lake Mendota to prove he is more of a hardy Wisconsinite than a soft Californian.
The multimillionaire Republican Hovde is trying to combat attacks from Baldwin and Democrats that he's more Golden State than Dairy State. Hovde was born and raised in Wisconsin, but also owns a $7 million estate in Laguna Beach, California, and is CEO of California-based H Bancorp and its primary subsidiary, Sunwest Bank.
Hovde posted a video on X on Thursday showing him pressing through what he says is about a half-inch layer of ice on Lake Mendota outside of a home he owns.
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